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People QuickFacts |
Florida |
USA |
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Population, 2001 estimate |
16,396,515 | 284,796,887 |
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Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 |
2.6% | 1.2% |
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Population, 2000 |
15,982,378 | 281,421,906 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
23.5% | 13.1% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
5.9% | 6.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
22.8% | 25.7% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
17.6% | 12.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.2% | 50.9% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
78.0% | 75.1% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
14.6% | 12.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% | 0.9% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.7% | 3.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
3.0% | 5.5% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
2.4% | 2.4% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
16.8% | 12.5% |
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White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
65.4% | 69.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
48.9% | 54.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
16.7% | 11.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
23.1% | 17.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
79.9% | 80.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
22.3% | 24.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
3,274,566 | 49,746,248 |
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Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 |
26.2 | 25.5 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
7,302,947 | 115,904,641 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
70.1% | 66.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
29.9% | 26.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$105,500 | $119,600 |
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Households, 2000 |
6,337,929 | 105,480,101 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.46 | 2.59 |
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Median household money income, 1999 |
$38,819 | $41,994 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$21,557 | $21,587 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
12.5% | 12.4% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Florida |
USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 |
424,089 | 7,008,444 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 1999 |
5,954,982 | 110,705,661 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 |
29.3% | 18.4% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 1999 |
1,031,053 | 16,152,604 |
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Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
77,477,510 | 3,842,061,405 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
151,191,241 | 2,460,886,012 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$10,297 | $9,190 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
22.0% | 14.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
25.9% | 26.0% |
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Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 |
155,269 | 1,592,267 |
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Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) |
99,998,376 | 1,763,896,019 |
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Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 |
543,525 | 10,227,429 |
